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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordPlēmmeleia evokes going wrong or being out of tune and can mean fault or transgression.
- In StobaeusIamblichus says that divine goodness prevents fate from slipping into disorderly disharmony.
- In this edition“Disharmony” preserves the image here; “transgression” suits specifically wrongful conduct.
- A place to beginDivine correction restrains disorderly disharmony.
- English renderings
- discord; disharmony; transgression
Meaning
Plēmmeleia evokes going wrong or being out of tune and can mean fault or transgression. Its musical force may remain active in an abstract argument.
Use in the book
Iamblichus says that divine goodness prevents fate from slipping into disorderly disharmony. The term characterizes a deviation from proper order, while correction preserves the order’s integrity. It is not necessarily a particular criminal offense in this cosmological setting.
Places to read
- I.1.35Divine correction restrains disorderly disharmony.
Translation in this edition
“Disharmony” preserves the image here; “transgression” suits specifically wrongful conduct.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 43. The argument makes correction compatible with the preservation of fate, rather than abolishing fate as inherently discordant.